Objectives

To strengthen the Kangchenjunga Landscape as an integrated conservation-linked livelihood development model to enhance conservation and sustain ecosystem services in the landscape and to initiate scaling-up of the landscape approach in the Brahmaputra Salween Landscape shared by China, India, and Myanmar

The project promoted training at the national level on conservation-linked livelihood options such as apiary, ecotourism, medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation, and organic farming, as per the corridor management strategic plan developed for the respective corridors in the three member countries.

An experimental pilot study on the management effectiveness of existing protected areas in the Kangchenjunga Landscape was initiated. The study indicated that the protected areas in the Kangchenjunga Landscape have a fairly good governance mechanism, although some challenges prevail in terms of capacity, infrastructure, policy enforcement, etc.

Baseline studies were facilitated in the countries sharing the Brahmaputra Salween Landscape (China, India, and Myanmar). These studies and the regional synthesis provided better understanding of landscape elements in the BSL permitted analysis of resource status and trends, conservation challenges, and implications of climate change in the landscape.

To fill in the knowledge gaps and have a better understanding of the impacts of climate change on biodiversity resources and services provided by protected areas, corridors, and transboundary landscapes and their implications for vulnerable mountain communities in the Kangchenjunga Landscape

promotes better understanding of economic valuation of ecosystem services, available methodologies, and limitations for quantifying the goods and services in economic terms in the mountain context.

The Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change: Conservation Landscape Perspectives highlights the blend of management, policy, and knowledge and capacity building sought to promote ecosystem-based adaptation at the landscape level. It also emphasises the role of conservation corridors as a strategy for climate change adaptation.

To enhance capacities of collaborating partners and local communities in understanding the impact of climate change, overcome vulnerabilities and increase knowledge on sustenance of ecosystem services